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@Q ` lE& : ) 专辑名称：Off The Radar
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~_)hD 歌手姓名：Ally Kerr
*JX$5bZsI 唱片公司：Much Obliged
|)To 0Z 发行日期：2008年4月xx日
P =EZ6<c3& 专辑流派：Indie/Pop
z =H?@z 推荐指数：4星
Y_faqmZ 9] 0y<9JvN$9 专辑介绍：
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A<H]uQ> p({|=+bl Opening the album is "Could Have Been a Contender" - all
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x2f_>t u2 yFP# z5G The pace picks up with the title track "Off the Radar" that
:\1&5Pm ] truly highlights Mr Kerr's pop sensibilities and offsets his
}KkH7XksF laidback vocal delivery with some spirited guitar. Loves lost
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(C QgT3V younger years seem a common theme to the songs in this album
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p-/x Md If Bluesbunny closes his eyes, on "Mystery Star" Ally Kerr
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;~q)^.K3 be "Amorino" evoking, as it does, the melancholic pleasures of
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Yr,1# #u sR0nY8@F The thing that impresses most about this album is the songs
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themselves. Well crafted and melodic with sharp and observant
g/yXPzLU lyrics, they are however presented as a whole lot fluffier
P$QfcJq&c* than they actually are. It must be Ally Kerr's choice to do so
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J5"*OH:f his words suggest otherwise -but Bluesbunny feels that he is
G~ Sfpf doing his own songs a disservice here by sprinkling an inch of
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VGq]id{*$ in life to have a cherry on top for it to be appetising.
@:@rks& #rwR)9iC0 Overall, this is a happy, upbeat album that is just a bit too
Vmc)or*# polite and well mannered to try and force itself upon your
QFYy$T+W affections. The production and arrangements are smoother than
Ln|${c your average Starbuck's decaf latte but it is perhaps fair
'Ot[q^,KRG comment to say that the omnipresent sugar coating will suit
%K7}yy&9C his fans. However, and maybe this is a reviewer thing, a bit
wrU[#g,uvr of fire and even some unpredictability would have been
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h$\h PLx (02(:;1 Ally Kerr是来自苏格兰的Indie pop乐队（也是主唱的名字），融合了苏格兰传统民谣和清新独立流行风格，延续了Indie一贯的清新吉他风格。悦耳而淳朴，凄美而哀伤，有那么一丝丝迷惘，当你聆听Calling Out To You这张专辑的时候这一类的形容词可能会脱口而出。这样悦耳动听的音乐出自格拉斯哥唱作人Ally Kerr之手。继Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura 之后，苏格兰的indie 风暴就从未停止过，如今Ally Kerr继续着他们的征程。他不仅继承苏格兰indie pop团惯有的风格，从Ally Kerr身上，我们还能够体会到那种异乎寻常的与众不同的气质。在苏格兰，人们将他称之为“最富生趣和最创造性的音乐家”。2004年Ally Kerr在日本发行唱片，是真正为了追求梦想的音乐人。而后为TV动画《虫师》演唱的OP"The Sore Feet Song",使Ally Kerr为更多的人所熟知。(来自网络)
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cytM 曲目列表：
]_8I_V cQ 4ZpF1Zc4B 1. Could HAve Been A Contender
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!&p:=}s 5. The Toothbrush Song
b:cK >fh0_ 6. Off The Radar
y"p-8RVk{ 7. Old Friend
4eL54).1O 8. Is It Too Late To Work For NASA?
nk$V{(FJ 9. Mystery Star
4m[C-NB!g 10. Amorino
?WtG|w 11. The Truth That I Have Earned
;E? hz 12. Footprints
